Job Search Behavior of the Unemployed

在本研究项目中，我们分析了从失业到就业的转变过程。因此，我们侧重于保留工资的决定因素、求职的类型和强度以及它们对失业持续时间的影响。这两个因素都取决于教育、年龄、失业救济金和家庭结构等因素。除了这些“经典”变量之外，这个过程可能还取决于一些因素，比如个性特征或社会网络，而这些因素通常是计量经济学无法观察到的。除了行政数据之外，我们的分析还基于包含大量失业人口流入样本的独特调查数据。个人在进入失业后不久就会接受采访，并随着时间的推移接受长达三年的跟踪调查。这一数据集使我们能够观察不同时间点的个人求职强度、保留工资和提供的工作机会，以及实现的就业过渡。风险厌恶、控制点和社会网络是丰富信息的一部分，有助于我们更深入地理解从失业向就业过渡过程的决定因素。识别潜在的关键因素将为我们提供宝贵的信息，以改善长期失业风险较高的个人的就业概率，如低技能工人或老年工人。

In this research project we analyze the transition process from unemployment to employment. Thereby we focus on the determinants of reservation wages and the type and intensity of job search as well as their impact on unemployment duration. Both components depend on factors like education, age, unemployment benefits and household composition. Next to these "classical" variables the process may depend on factors like personality traits or social networks, which are usually unobservable for the econometrician.In addition to administrative data we base our analysis on unique survey data containing a large inflow sample of unemployed. Individuals are interviewed shortly after entering unemployment and are followed over time for up to three years. This data set allows us to observe individual job search intensity, reservation wages and job offers at different points in time as well as realized transitions into employment. Risk aversion, locus of control and social networks are part of the rich information and will help us to understand the determinants of the transition process from unemployment to employment more deeply. Identifying the underlying key factors will give us valuable information for improving the employment probability of individuals with a high risk of long-term unemployment like low skilled or elderly workers.